On Friday I was asked to help Sydney based photographer Dan Boud in covering the Brisbane leg of the St Jerome’s Laneway festival. My job was to second shoot, basically trying to catch many of the same artists that Dan was shooting but from a different angle. And also to cover bands that clashed in the timetable.

The day started off incredibly hot, which left most photographers quite drained. Highlights from the day photograhically were !!! (pictured above), Les Savy Fav (who’s reputation for his dynamic and crazy live performances has quickly spread around the country) and personal favourites Holy F*@k and the Jezabels (who I made a point of staying and watching the whole set of).

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Photos taken for Mess and Noise

First up was support band Leader Cheeter, with a rather photogenic guitarist.

Then Cloud Control took to the stage in a rather sweltering and packed out Troubador. I was able to shoot for only the first half of the set as after that the crowd became too raucous, dancing around with the floor of the Troubadour bouncing too much to shoot at my 1/50 sec.

More photos after the jump

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